Wayside Kitchen and Food RescueWayside Kitchen and Food Rescue

Mission Statement

The Mission of Wayside is to increase access to food for those in need in Southern Maine by providing a system for community based volunteers who serve prepared meals where such meals are needed, and by collaborating with other hunger agencies in dev... Read more

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Mission Statement

The Mission of Wayside is to increase access to food for those in need in Southern Maine by providing a system for community based volunteers who serve prepared meals where such meals are needed, and by collaborating with other hunger agencies in developing an efficient network for the collection and equitable distribution of food. Wayside shall be guided in this mission by a deep compassion for our common humanity.

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Wayside Kitchen:

The purpose of Wayside Kitchen is to provide nutritious meals to those in need.

Wayside SKitchen is Maine's largest soup kitchen; operating since 1986.

Lunch is served 5 days a week; dinner is served 7 nights; a meal has never been missed.

Approximately 70% of population is the working poor; the remaining 30% is homeless.

134,005 meals served in 2008; cost of $2.15 per meal, a .38 cent increase over 2007.

Over 48,000 hours of Volunteer service was contributed in 2008, a value of $700,000.